Houston received the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night, and that region could also see a matchup between Texas and Texas A&M.
The NCAA March Madness logo is seen on the basket stanchion before the game between the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and the Florida Gators in the second round game of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Indiana Farmers Coliseum on March 21, 2Houston received the No.
Instead, the top-ranked Cougars will try to reach their hometown Final Four starting off in Birmingham, Alabama, but with the potential of playing a Sweet 16 game and a regional final in Kansas City, Missouri. The Cougars lost to Memphis in the American Athletic Conference title game Sunday. They were playing without Marcus Sasser, the league player of the year and a likely All-American who strained his groin in the first half of their semifinals and will be a question mark leading up to Thursday's opener against Northern Kentucky.
It's the first No. 1 seed for the Cougars since 1983, the height of their Phi Slama Jama era, when Hall of Fame coach Guy Lewis led Clyde Drexel and Co. to the first of their back-to-back national championship games.Texas earned the No. 2 seed in the Midwest after finishing second in the Big 12 in the regular season and then romping past the Jayhawks in Saturday night's conference title game.
Xavier earned the No. 3 seed and will play No. 14 seed Kennesaw State, making its first NCAA trip, on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Indiana is the fourth seed and will play No. 13 seed Kent State in Albany, New York.
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